Where does “album” come from?

album (Dutch) comes from Latin album, from Latin Albus, from Proto-Italic alβos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos — white.

album (Dutch): album (book of photographs, stamps, or autographs)

Definitions

  1. album (book of photographs, stamps, or autographs)

Ancestry of “album”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalbuminflection of albus: ## accusative masculine...
2LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

Words derived from “album”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos →Every word from Proto-Italic alβos →Every word from Latin Albus →